why intelligence isn’t just for humans

Being surprised that animals so different than us possibly dream is just another form of Descartes’ ridiculous thought. - Spiders Seem to Have REM-Like Sleep and May Even Dream

• The Soliloquies of the Lambs: Review of Why Animals Talk
• Flying Squirrel plays dead. Fakes crime scene. - Squirrel put a broomstick down and then fake the action to make it look like the broomstick killed him. Looking around to see if owner notice him.
• Wild elephants may have names that other elephants use to call them
• Fish “Drive” To His Mom To Get Treats - aquarium controlled by fish to go to place where he will be rewarded. - and definitely have more than 3s memory
• Craw playing tic-tac-toe

Consciousness

Well, could you give me the definition of consciousness? No you can’t. So now you’re asking me both to define it and show if animals have it or not.

Are animals aware of their surroundings? Yes. Are animals showing the behavioural signs of pain when you hurt them? Yes. Can animals direct attention? Yes. Can animals remember? Yes. Can animals learn? Yes. Are animals self-aware? Some of them, some only sometimes, some not.

To think of consciousness as a dichotomy instead of a spectrum is baffling to me. As is thinking of consciousness as being a single, indivisible thing. - Are animals conscious?

see also

• Consciousness
• Enthoven vs. ChatGPT : QUI EST L’IMPOSTEUR ? - man pretend machine will never be able to think (man is Enthoven)
  • “On a d’un côté quelque chose capable de générer à volonté des suites de mots sur n’importe quoi en donnant une troublante illusion de compétence… et de l’autre côté un chatbot.” - Mr Phi
  • les machines ne pense pas … car ce sont des machines (en conclusion c’est un dogme).